RIVERFRONT  SOUTH
                                                                                                  at-a-glance
                                                                 Bensalem, PA
                                        Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Grants
           Area With an Industrial Legacy Becomes a Community Asset
      ADDRESS:           2375 State Road, Bensalem, PA 19020
      PROPERTY SIZE:      45 acres
      FORMER USES:       Salt refining storage; aluminum refining and cryolite
                         production plant; chemical blending and bulk repackaging
                         facility; Forane repackaging and warehousing
      CURRENT USE:       Mixed-use area, including housing, office and retail space,
                         restaurants, and greenspace
      EPA GRANT RECIPIENT:
      The Redevelopment Authority of Bucks
      County received a $200,000 EPA Brownfields
      Cleanup grant and a $975,000 Brownfields
      Revolving Loan Fund grant in 2005
PROJECT PARTNERS:
Pennsylvania Department of Community and
Economic Development, Bensalem Township,
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment
Authority (PENNVEST), Mignatti Companies

                                                                 Bensalem
For additional data and geographic information for this and
other Brownfields Grants, please visit EPA's Cleanups in
My Community: http://iaspub.epa.gov/Cleanups/
    PROJECT BACKGROUND:
    Located in an area where poverty and unemployment rates are among the county's highest, this 45-acre property along the
    Delaware River has a history of industrial uses. It was originally a ship building facility in the early 1900s. In 1940 it was used for
    storage of salt products, and in 1943 the federal government acquired the property for aluminum refining and cryolite production.
    Beginning in 1950, the property was used for blending chemicals for cleaning and lubricating agents, as well as the repackaging of
    bulk materials including refrigerants and hydrochloric acid. In 1989, the property was sold to Atochem and used for the repackaging
    and warehousing of Forane, a refrigerant. The property was vacant from  1997 until 2000, when it was acquired by Bensalem
    Redevelopment, LP. Prior to 2003, environmental assessments were completed on portions of the property. In order to combat the
    blight and vacancies affecting the community, in 2003, using a $200,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and
    Economic Development and a match of $ 100,000 from Bensalem Township, Penn Environmental and Remediation, Inc. conducted
    an assessment of the property and prepared a work plan for cleanup. In 2005, the Redevelopment Authority (RDA) of Bucks County
    was awarded a $200,000 EPA Brownfields Cleanup grant and a $975,000 EPA RLF grant. The RDA used its RLF grant to loan to the
    property developer, Mignatti Companies, to assist with cleanup.

    KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

    • Leveraged $5.3 million in loan funds for the cleanup from PENNVEST
    • Reduced  threats to human health and the environment caused by nearly 100 years of
     various industry waste
    • Redeveloping the site as a mixed-use area to create jobs, increase revenue, and serve as a
     catalyst to revitalize nearby brownfields

    OUTCOME:                                                                             77>e Riverfront South area during cleanup.
    Brownfields funding was used to clean up hazardous substances, including volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic
    compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides and arsenic at the Riverfront South Bensalem site. Grant funds will also be used
    for public health monitoring at the site, and community notification and outreach. This public health initiative is particularly important,
    as nearly 60,000 people live in the target area around the Riverfront South Bensalem cleanup site. Cleanup of the site has reduced
    threats to human health and the environment caused by nearly 100 years of waste release from various industries. The RDA of Bucks
    County, in partnership with Mignatti Companies, has begun to develop the site as a mixed-use area that will include housing, office
    and retail space, restaurants, and greenspace. This redevelopment will create jobs, increase tax revenues, and serve as a catalyst
    to return other  brownfields in the area to productive use.  In addition, this project has created new opportunities for homes and
    recreation along the Delaware River riverfront. A community site plan has been  developed for a new neighborhood on the site that
    will be adjacent to a public park and  remediated wetland along the riverfront.
    FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the EPA Brownfields Web site at htf
                               -ov/brownfields/ or call EPA Region 3 at (215) 814-5000

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